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| Title | Automated Corn Planting |
| Coverage / Year | 1995 |
| Description | In 1995, a tractor attached to an automated corn planter seeds a field. Bags of Ciba seed are used. |
| Interpretation | Today, automation is a main key of farming. Technology allows precise planting without missing rows in ways it could not do 100 years ago when the first planters were invented. |
| Lesson Plans / Themes | How we learn about communities; |
| Learning Standards | 16 History; 13 Science, Technology and Society; 15 Economics; 18 Social Systems; |
| Author or Creator | McLean County Historical Society, Bloomington, Ill.; Walters, William D, Jr., 1942- |
| Other Contributors | Hartzold, Susan
Koos, Greg, 1949-
LaBounty, Bill
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| Source | Extra images from 'Just Corn: The Amaizing Story', museum exhibit, 1997 |
| Subject / Keywords | McLean County, Illinois; Bloomington, Illinois; Corn; Farming; Farmers; Tractors |
| Collection Publisher | McLean County Museum of History
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| Further Information | For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project. |
| Rights Management Statement | http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm |
| Resource Identifier | mch0407 - Digital Images Master CD - museum archives |
| CONTENTdm file name | 8752320562002_mch0407.jpg |
